Hinged box with seat



Jail; 1925? v 1322,7735

J. R. FLEMING HINGED BOX WITH SEAT Filed March 5, 1922 fj gfiijbr 33 w s I l :27 BI H 1A Anfi A agwmoz- James RFZemin 35 his (MW Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

JAMES R. FLEMING, O'F SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HINGED BOX WITH SEAT.

Application filed March 3, 1922. Serial No. 540,875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinged Boxes with Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to journal boxes and in particular to a type especially adapted for use 111 conjunction with mine cars. and trucks. 7

A particular object of the invention is the provision of a journal box which may be disposed exteriorly or interiorly of the car wheel.

Another object is to make provision in this type of journal box for varying gauges of track, whereby the same size of car body 20 may be used regardless of the width of Hamlet];

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Figure 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the journal box, the inside being shown to illustrate the pillars and waste retaining projections. V

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the chair member which holds the bearing seat and 6 which fits within the journal box.

Figure 9 is a perspective View of the top plate of the journal box, the underside thereof being exposed to show the bolt retaining lugs which form hinges for the 6 housing member.

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A projecting boss 32 formed on the housing constitutes a latch for retaining said housing in closed position relatively to the plate 13 as it overlies a boltgl7.

The projecting points 33 formed in the bottom of the housingengage the lubricant holding wasteor absorbent and prevent its collecting in one end of the housing thus unevenly distributing the oil and causing unnecessary wearto the parts. In order to provide for oiling, the thrust plate 22 is drilled as at 34, the bore thus formed when matched with a similar one in the portion 20 of the plate 13, comprises a duct through which oil may be-poured into an open sump 35 formed in the top of the chair 23 and seat '27 and'whieh is connected by the troughs 36 'to a similar sump 38, adjacent the oppositeend of s'a'id'chair.

When a track'o'f wider gauge than'ordb nary is used the wheels maybe mountedoutside of the journal boxes and in order that the axles may pass completely through said boxes, the'normallyclosed'end of'the housing' is left open as'at 39.

'VVhen the track is of narrower gauge than ordinary the thrust plate 22 of the chair 23 is made thicker as at-t0 to coman axle andfa wheel -thereon,zof a .'-journal:

box comprising a housing open at its top and one-end, a cover plate .for said housing,

a flange depending froin'said coverplate at theopenend of the housing; and recessed to provide a seat, the open end of-saidhousing having its lower portion shaped to fit about the under portion of the axle and provide supporting shoulders atthe'sides' of the axle, chair supports in said housing at opposite sides thereof, a chair block slid into said housing through the open end thereof and resting upon said shoulders and supports,

and a wheelengaging collar on the outer end of'sai d chair block fittinginto the seat of-saidcover platefifll ge, j

FLEMING.

JAMES R. 

